“Human rights defenders seek to protect civil and political rights and to promote, protect and fulfil economic, social and cultural rights. Working actively with these groups, RFLD intervenes on a wide range of human rights issues, such as the shrinking of civic space, summary executions, access to sexual and reproductive health rights, economic/climate justice, employment issues, good governance, arbitrary arrests or detentions, harmful practices, lack of representation of women in decision-making bodies, discrimination and forced evictions..”

Florence ENIAYEHOU, RFLD MEL Officer